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The list of survivors from a boat that sank near a Cambodian island increased Saturday to 30 of the 41 passengers from China, who described embarking on what they believed would be a short-term fishing job and ended up without food and water aboard the vessel and their belongings taken away.
Cambodian authorities said Friday they rescued 21 people a day after the boat small wooden fishing vessel sank near Koh Tang, a Cambodian island close to the maritime border with Vietnam.
Kheang Phearom, a spokesperson for Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, announced Saturday on his Facebook page that nine more people were rescued by the Vietnamese and three bodies were recovered by Cambodia, leaving eight people still missing.
Survivors told Cambodian officials they began their journey in southern China.
Dramatic video footage showed Cambodian crew on a nearby boat tossing life jackets and life-saving buoys toward the ramshackle vessel as it slowly listed to the right and slipped below the surface, sending its passengers spilling into the water.
